Cocaine bust, Ecuador style
Ecuadorean police seized this homemade narco submarine, which travels at 10 mph, has no oxygen tanks and can dive for just 15 minutes.
GlobalPost's Simeon Tegel tags along with anti-drug police in Ecuador, which neighbors the world's biggest cocaine exporters. See the full story here.
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